Title:
ROBOT CLEANER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/059296
Kind Code:
A2
Abstract:
The present description relates to a robot cleaner and to a method for controlling same, which involve generating a map of an area to be cleaned in accordance with a travel mode command, and performing a cleaning operation by avoiding obstacles on the basis of the generated map upon receipt of a cleaning mode command. For this purpose, the robot cleaner of the present invention comprises: a travel unit which travels around the area to be cleaned upon receipt of the travel mode command; a detection unit which detects an object located in the area to be cleaned during travel performed in accordance with the travel mode command; and a control unit which generates a map of an area to be cleaned on the basis of the information on the location of the obstacle, if the detected object is the obstacle, and controls a cleaning operation on the basis of the generated map upon receipt of a cleaning mode command.
Inventors:
JEON, Hyeongshin (327-23, Gasan-Dong Geumcheon-Gu, Seoul 153-802, 153-802, KR)
Application Number:
KR2010/008098
Publication Date:
May 19, 2011
Filing Date:
November 16, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC. (20 Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 150-721, 150-721, KR)
엘지전자 주식회사 (서울 영등포구 여의도동 20, 150-721 Seoul, 150-721, KR)
엘지전자 주식회사 (서울 영등포구 여의도동 20, 150-721 Seoul, 150-721, KR)
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PARK, Jang-Won (3rd Floor, Shinyoung Wacoal Bldg.49-4 Nonhyun-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-814, 135-814, KR)
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